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Residential Disputes - Senior Associate (5+PQE) - London

Employer
CMS
Location
England, London
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
3 Feb 2022

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Vacancy Type
Solicitors – Private Practice
Contract Type
Permanent
Practice Area
Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Real Estate
Experience Level
5+ yrs PQE
Role Classification
Lawyer

Job Details

A fantastic opportunity to join our market-leading specialist residential disputes and enfranchisement team within a top tier law firm.


About CMS

CMS is a Future Facing firm. With 80 offices in 50 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep sector understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only to see what's coming, but to shape it.


CMS is well equipped to help our clients face the future with confidence. We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services. Our bold approach to a changing future ensures that we nurture our employees and recruit top talent.


About the RoleOur growing Residential Disputes team is part of the wider Real Estate Disputes team here at CMS and we are quite unique as a city firm in having a dedicated team of specialist residential and mixed-use advisors; this standout feature really does set us apart from our competitors.

The work covers both enfranchisement and general property disputes across residential and mixed-use developments, acting for an impressive list of clients - Landed Estates, developers, investors and pension funds.

The work is high quality, varied and includes:

* Enfranchisement under the 1993 Act and 1967 Act;
* Tenants' Rights of first refusal under the 1987 Act and advising on structuring in resi/mixed use developments;
* Residential Service charge disputes including dispensation and consultations requirements;
* Residential possession;
* General residential landlord & tenant disputes;
* Right to manage;
* Changes in the law including the Law Commission reforms and Building Safety Bill, Ground Rent Bill, Reinvigorating Commonhold

We are in an exciting period for residential disputes, with so many changes in the pipeline relating to law reforms and incoming legislation. This is a great time to join a leading team who are at the forefront of this change.

About You

Ideally you will be an experienced residential disputes Solicitor with at least 5PQE gained within a firm well-regarded for real estate litigation work. Strong academics and training/ experience with a city or national firm are essential.

Enfranchisement experience will be extremely beneficial, but not absolutely essential.

We are looking for someone who can play a senior role within the team and therefore need someone who is keen to take on supervisory responsibility for junior team members.

We need someone who is capable of taking on a leadership role with new instructions, who will be viewed as a trusted advisor with clients and who will invest the time and care needed to grow successful client relationships.


Equal Opportunities

At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do. We're diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive. For further information about CMS' diversity initiatives and programmes, please click here to view the diversity pages on our website.


Please apply online or contact a member of the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions. For information regarding our competitive range of benefits please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.


Please note that CMS have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.

Company

CMS is a future facing international law firm. With 74 offices in 44 countries and 5000+ lawyers worldwide, and home to business services colleagues across everything from Information Technology, Human Resources and Innovation to Finance, Diversity & Inclusion and Communications.  The firm’s core purpose is to build rewarding futures for its clients, people, and communities.

We’re a global law firm. We focus on the big and the small. We look to the future and embrace agility and challenge. We are experts in our sectors and have the rankings to back that up.  But it’s not all sectors and rankings. We focus on relationships. We’re a community. We look out for each other, encourage everyone to be themselves, and the best version of that. We’re friendly and go-getting. We act with purpose and find passion in what we do. We seek out different ways of thinking and doing. We don’t want everyone to be the same.  We know the best route forward is with the most diverse group of colleagues as possible. We’re here to build a better future.

In a world of ever-accelerating change where technology is increasingly important in the deployment of global strategies, every team at CMS is empowered to operate and innovate in ways that best meet clients’ needs. We encourage ideas from every corner of our business. We are also committed to addressing our own impact on the environment and approach to sustainability, as well as advising clients with their related legal needs.

We strive to spend more time looking at our clients’ world than inwards at ours.  That’s what makes our approach different. Being able to see things from our clients’ perspective means our people are approachable and accessible. And this means we have a genuinely supportive, open culture you won’t find everywhere. 

Our culture

It’s all about relationships. Our relationship with you, your relationship with us, and the relationships we have with clients and the communities around us. We want you to thrive and show your personality. Foster community, work together, listen, be open, and help each other succeed. Act with purpose and find passion. Strive for progress and embrace challenges. Seek out different ways of thinking and doing. We value trust over rules.

At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do.  We're diverse, supportive, and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive.  

Whatever your specialism, and whether you’re a lawyer or a business services professional, a career at CMS gives you huge scope to carve out a brilliant career as you help us, and our clients, to face the future with confidence.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 (0) 20 7367 3000
Location
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom

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